Spotify wants to sell stock to investors — but first it will need to convince them it's worth buying in to the complex process of selling music. It had 71 million paying subscribers and million monthly active listeners as of December, making it the largest streaming music service across the world by far. In general, Spotify gets two classes of licenses for the music it distributes: Sound Recording License agreements, which cover the rights to a particular recording, and Musical Composition License Agreements, which cover the people who own the rights to the song. Recording licenses. Sony Music also owns more than 5 percent of the company. Spotify also has a deal with Music and Entertainment Rights Licensing Independent Network Merlin for digital recordings from independent labels. Composition licenses.

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Together, we look forward to reinvesting in and building new tools and offerings for artists around the world. Working together, our teams will expand and accelerate our collaborative efforts to deliver artist-focused initiatives, strategic marketing campaigns and new offerings to provide exciting new experiences for fans worldwide. Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasts. Discover, manage, and share over 50 million tracks, including more than 1 million podcast titles, for free, or upgrade to Spotify Premium to access exclusive features for music including improved sound quality and an on-demand, offline, and ad-free listening experience. Universal Music Group UMG is the world leader in music-based entertainment, with a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries.
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